Located in the new 21c Museum Hotel (a Conde NastTraveler Hot List hotel in 2013), Metropole offers a contemporary twist on old-world open hearth cooking. Executive chef Michael Paley uses a beautiful custom-built wood-burning fireplace to cook dishes that are prepared with local and seasonal ingredients. The menu changes frequently, but you can expect to find entrées such as caramelized sea scallops with charred cauliflower or an impeccably roasted chicken with bone marrow onions. Paley’s burnt carrot salad with avocado, pickled onion and feta was a favorite of Bon Appetit editor Andrew Knowlton, who named Metropole as one of America’s top 50 new restaurants in 2013.